Rhea Ripley On Her Dynamic With IYO SKY, Not Sure If She’s Ready To Be ‘Serious Rhea’ Again

Rhea Ripley loves her dynamic with IYO SKY, and says she’s not sure whether she’s ready to be “Serious Rhea” if she wins the Royal Rumble. Ripley and SKY have become close tag team partners following their rivalry earlier in 2025, with the two reigning as the current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.

Both members of RHIYO are set to be part of the women’s Rumble match at tomorrow’s PLE, and Ripley spoke with Yahoo! Uncrowned about their dynamic and what might happen should either of them win the match. You can see the highlights below:

On Her WrestleMania 41 Match With IYO SKY & Bianca Belair:

“I love that match and I’m so glad that everyone else loved it just as much. For it to be Match of the Year for so many different outlets is just absolutely insane. For something that didn’t have the best build to ‘Mania, but had such potential for us to go out there and be like the three from NXT, finally get to step into the ring, but at WrestleMania all together for the Women’s World Championship, it just had so much meaning to all of us going in there.

“Then for us to actually pull off such a caliber of a match was just absolute insanity. I remember being in that match and I remember so much about that match, and living in the moment and feeling that excitement from not only the crowd around me, but from everyone in the match too. We just knew it was special from the get-go pretty much. And to see it held at such a high caliber for everyone is just, it’s insane. I’m very proud of that match, and honestly, it’s probably one of my favorite matches that I’ve ever done.”

On Her Dynamic With SKY:

“There’s always that respect there, but it’s a competitive respect. And we both feel it, and she rubs it in my face every now and then [that I haven’t beaten her], and I can’t blame her because I’d be doing the same. And the one time that I do finally beat her, I will be rubbing it in her face as well.”

On a Possible Royal Rumble Win:

“I am literally going out there and I’m cheesing because Iyo just makes me cheese, and I’m like, I don’t know if I’m ready to be the serious Rhea again. Am I going to have to shift that drastically if I were to win the Royal Rumble? Which is something that obviously I want too, because I would love to go for the Women’s World Championship again. And I’ve never wrestled Stephanie [Vaquer], and then also we have Jade Cargill.

“So it would be a happy feeling and a sad feeling. Especially because my dream is to also have that big singles match with Iyo again. And even though we’re friends, I still want to beat her ass at one point.”

On Stephanie Vaquer:

“It’s been crazy because she’s moved through WWE so quickly, so extremely quickly. And to stand there as Women’s World Champion and literally, what, like a year ago she was still in NXT? That’s nuts. That’s unheard of. So I’m proud of how far she’s got because that doesn’t happen with everyone. That’s very special talent that happens with. And I’m looking forward to the day that we do get to step in the ring together. I don’t know when that day will be, but I am looking forward to it. I think that it’s going to be a great challenge for me and our styles are different … so I’m intrigued to see if we can make magic or not.”